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"Leaving? This is the first I’ve heard of it" And I bet it would be the first Richard heard of it too Flo was getting out of town because of ain My best friend was afraid of me No, surely not She just needed tilad for them to leave because of Alesa anyway

"About the ht?" She s had happened

"No can do That’s when I take Alesa to see Ian He’s going to be her doctor Tuesday?" I wanted to nail this down

"You’re sure Alesa won’t try to trail along?" Flo wouldn’t les on her wrist

"I won’t let her, Florence" Laurie walked to the door, opened it and checked the hallway "You can rest easy on that score"

"Well then Tuesday night We’ll shoe shop with Aggie" Flo linked arms with me "Too bad you can’t co" She chattered about European shopping as we headed upstairs I had no doubt she’d tell Richard what had just happened in the break room Which meant I’d have to tell Jerry What would he think? Only one way to find out

"Glory,Mr Blade down so they can meet him?" Penny had found us at our table a few minutes after Flo and I had rejoined the h awith Penny’sJerry to them, of course In his business world he worked with ht and had easily convinced them he was absolutely like them

Jerry and I followed Penny to a table away fro to Trey It wasn’t the first ti fine because I’d set Penny up in a clean apartment You should have seen the mess she’d lived in before I knew they liked Trey too He was gainfully employed and actually attended classes at the nearby university during the day He also clearly adored their brilliant daughter

"Glory! Good to see you This ave

"Yes, this is Jere" man happened to be over five hundred years old but looked thirty I just tuned out the introductions as I scanned the room for Alesa I did not want her anywhere near this "And this ison our couch for a while Just lost her lease" I smiled at Penny’s expression and sent her a oneword uard"

"Cool Hey, Laurie Nice to meet you" Penny introduced her to Trey and her parents then turned Her twin sister, the cheerleader, and her date walked up, flushed and laughing, from the dance floor "My twin, Jenny and her date, Darren" They exchanged nods with Laurie Darren was a little awestruck at Laurie’s unusual height and look and it took an elbow froet his attention back on his date

"Hoas the ga to work her way over with a wicked gleae

"Awesome We did a pyramid I was near the top Totally rocked it" Jenny chattered on She grabbed a Coke off the table, took a sip and never stopped talking The parents gazed at her adoringly Even Penny sently

I wanted to put in a feords about the valuable research Penny did every night but realized it wouldn’t et it Penny worked on things that these mortals would and could never know about, never care about If a vaht or eat a taco? So what?